Do our nations also make foolish alliances like Israel, instead of trusting God? Let’s continue in Isaiah 31.
Was it foolish for Israel to go down to Egypt for help?
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek Yahweh! (Isa 31:1 WEB)
Who is stronger than the horses and army of any nation on earth?
But God also knows how to bring disaster; he has not taken back his words. God will rise up against the house of evildoers and against the help of those who do wrong. Egypt is human and not divine; their horses are flesh and not spirit. The Lord will extend his hand; the helper will stumble, those helped will fall, and they will all die together. (Isa 31:2-3 CEB)
How did God describe His planned protection of Jerusalem?
The Lord All-Powerful said to me, “I will roar and attack like a fearless lion not frightened by the shouts of shepherds trying to protect their sheep. That's how I will come down and fight on Mount Zion. I, the Lord All-Powerful, will protect Jerusalem like a mother bird circling over her nest.” (Isa 31:4-5 CEV)
What did God want from those who have revolted against Him and made idols?
Turn to him from whom people have deeply revolted, O children of Israel. For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your hands have sinfully made for you. (Isa 31:6-7 ESV)
Is this a prophecy of how God assigned an angel to kill 185,000 Assyrian soldiers in one night outside Jerusalem?
Then Assyria will fall, but not by human sword; a sword will devour him, but not one made by man. He will flee from the sword; his young men will be put to forced labor. His rock will pass away because of fear, and his officers will be afraid because of the signal flag. This is the Lord’s declaration—whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem. (Isa 31:8-9 HCSB)
Did the apostles also describe God’s presence as an all-consuming fire?
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful and worship God in reverence and fear in a way that pleases him. For “our God is an all-consuming fire.” (Heb 12:28-29 ISV)
Do our nations also make foolish alliances like Israel, instead of trusting God? You decide!
